Where does “finale” come from?

finale (Portuguese) comes from Italian finale, from Latin fīnālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

finale (Portuguese): finale grand end of a show or piece of music

Definitions

  1. finale grand end of a show or piece of music

Ancestry of “finale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfinalefinal, ending; end, ending, conclusion; finale
2LatinfīnālisOf or pertaining to boundaries
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin fīnālis →